Ambulatory medicament pump with distress notifications

Abstract

A glucose level control system may be configured to determine that certain status information fails to satisfy at least one of a plurality of safety thresholds. The system may receive status information, which may include device information pertaining to a condition of the ambulatory medicament device and/or subject information pertaining to a condition of a subject. The system can determine that the status information fails to satisfy the safety threshold(s). In response to determining that the status information fails to satisfy the at least one of a plurality of safety thresholds, the system can automatically execute a distress action. Example safety thresholds include a glucose level of a subject being less than a minimum threshold, a glucose level of a subject being greater than a maximum threshold, a movement of the subject being less than a minimum movement threshold for a threshold amount of time, and/or other safety thresholds.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glucose level control system configured to determine that status information fails to satisfy at least one of a plurality of safety thresholds and to automatically generate a distress alert, the glucose level control system comprising:
 a data interface configured to connect to a remote electronic device and to an associated ambulatory medicament pump;   a non-transitory memory configured to store specific computer-executable instructions and status information comprising at least one of device information pertaining to a condition of the ambulatory medicament device or subject information pertaining to a condition of a subject; and   a hardware processor in communication with the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 receive the status information via the data interface; 
 determine that the status information fails to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds, wherein the plurality of safety thresholds comprises:
 a glucose level of a subject being less than a minimum threshold; 
 a glucose level of a subject being greater than a maximum threshold; 
 a movement of the subject being less than a minimum movement threshold for a threshold amount of time; 
 an amount of medicament in a medicament cartridge being below a minimum threshold amount of medicament; and 
 a user selection of a distress notification via a selection interface associate with the ambulatory medicament pump; and 
 
 in response to determining that the status information fails to satisfy the at least one of a plurality of safety thresholds, automatically execute a distress action. 
   
     
     
         2 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein executing the distress action comprises generating a distress alert. 
     
     
         3 . The glucose level control system of  claim 2 , wherein the distress alert comprises at least one of the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds or a GPS position of the ambulatory medicament pump. 
     
     
         4 . The glucose level control system of  claim 2 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 transmit the distress alert to a remote electronic device.   
     
     
         5 . The glucose level control system of  claim 4 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 receive, via the data interface from the remote electronic device, a confirmation signal configured to indicate that the distress alert was received by the remote electronic device; and   generate, via the selection interface, a success alert configured to indicate that the distress alert was successfully received by the remote electronic device.   
     
     
         6 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein executing the distress action comprises generating a signal to suspend function of one or more elements of the ambulatory medicament pump for a period of time. 
     
     
         7 . The glucose level control system of  claim 6 , wherein the period of time comprises a preset period of time. 
     
     
         8 . The glucose level control system of  claim 7 , wherein the period of time is based at least in part on a duration or severity level associated with the failure to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds. 
     
     
         9 . The glucose level control system of  claim 6 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 determine that the status information no longer fails to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds; and   in response to the determination that the status information no longer fails to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds, generate a signal to resume the function of the one or more elements of the ambulatory medicament pump.   
     
     
         10 . The glucose level control system of  claim 9 , wherein determining that the status information no longer fails to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds comprises receiving user interaction with the selection interface or with a selection interface of the ambulatory medicament pump. 
     
     
         11 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 transmit a request to receive the status information associated with the ambulatory medicament pump.   
     
     
         12 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein determining that the status information fails to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds comprises determining that the status information fails to satisfy two or more of the plurality of safety thresholds. 
     
     
         13 . The glucose level control system of  claim 12 , wherein the two or more of the plurality of safety thresholds comprises:
 the glucose level of a subject being less than the minimum threshold; and   the movement of the subject being less than the minimum movement threshold for the threshold amount of time.   
     
     
         14 . The glucose level control system of  claim 12 , wherein the two or more of the plurality of safety thresholds comprises:
 the glucose level of a subject being greater than the maximum threshold; and   the movement of the subject being less than the minimum movement threshold for the threshold amount of time.   
     
     
         15 . The glucose level control system of  claim 12 , wherein the two or more of the plurality of safety thresholds comprises:
 the amount of medicament in the medicament cartridge being below the minimum threshold amount of medicament; and   the movement of the subject being less than the minimum movement threshold for the threshold amount of time.   
     
     
         16 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , further comprising the selection interface. 
     
     
         17 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 transmit, via the data interface to the remote electronic device, an indication that the status information no longer fails to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds.   
     
     
         18 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic processor is further configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 transmit a third-party alert to the remote electronic device based at least in part on a duration or severity level associated with the failure to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds, the third-party alert comprising indication of at least the duration or severity level associated with the failure to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds.   
     
     
         19 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the data interface comprises a wireless wide area network modem. 
     
     
         20 . The glucose level control system of  claim 19 , wherein the wireless wide area network modem comprises a long-term evolution (LTE) modem. 
     
     
         21 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , further comprising a pump monitoring system configured to determine the device information pertaining to the condition of the ambulatory medicament device. 
     
     
         22 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the minimum threshold is between 50 and 70 mg/dL. 
     
     
         23 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the maximum threshold is between 300 and 400 mg/dL. 
     
     
         24 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the threshold amount of time is between 5 minutes and 2 hours. 
     
     
         25 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the minimum movement threshold is zero or a negligible amount of movement within a frame of reference. 
     
     
         26 . The glucose level control system of  claim 1 , wherein the minimum threshold amount of medicament is between 0 and 10 units of medicament. 
     
     
         27 . An ambulatory medicament pump, comprising:
 the glucose level control system of  claim 1 ; and   a pump mechanism configured to deliver medicament to a subject.   
     
     
         28 . A glucose level control system configured to determine that status information fails to satisfy at least one of a plurality of safety thresholds and to automatically generate a distress alert, the glucose level control system comprising:
 a data interface configured to connect to a remote electronic device and to an associated ambulatory medicament pump;   a non-transitory memory configured to store specific computer-executable instructions and status information comprising at least one of device information pertaining to a condition of the ambulatory medicament device or subject information pertaining to a condition of a subject; and   a hardware processor in communication with the non-transitory memory and configured to execute the specific computer-executable instructions to at least:
 receive the status information via the data interface; 
 determine that the status information fails to satisfy the at least one of the plurality of safety thresholds, wherein the plurality of safety thresholds comprises:
 (i) a glucose level of a subject being less than or equal to a minimum threshold between 50 mg/dL and 70 mg/dL and (ii) a movement of the subject being equal to or less than a negligible amount of movement within a frame of reference for at least a threshold amount of time between 5 minutes and 1 hour; 
 (i) a glucose level of a subject being greater than or equal to a maximum threshold between 300 mg/dL and 400 mg/dL and (ii) a movement of the subject being equal to or less than the negligible amount of movement within the frame of reference for at least the threshold amount of time; 
 (i) an amount of medicament in a medicament cartridge being below a minimum threshold amount of medicament and (ii) a movement of the subject being less than a minimum movement threshold for a threshold amount of time; and 
 a user selection of a distress notification via a selection interface associate with the ambulatory medicament pump; and 
 
 in response to determining that the status information fails to satisfy the at least one of a plurality of safety thresholds, automatically execute a distress action.